* FAILED: patch "[PATCH] mm/page_isolation: guard compound_order() against racing" failed to apply to 6.12-stable tree
@ 2026-11-07 10:19 Sasha Levin
2026-11-10 11:51 ` [PATCH 6.12.y 1/2] mm/page_alloc: reject unreasonable folio/compound page sizes in alloc_contig_range_noprof() Sasha Levin
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From: Sasha Levin @ 2026-11-07 10:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: xiqi2, akpm, ziy, brendan.jackman, hannes, wangkefeng.wang,
mhocko, sunnanyong, surenb, vbabka
Cc: stable
The patch below does not apply to the 6.12-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.
To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:
git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-6.12.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 4c767c5dd9bc3521fed11e6fe1d52621fe5abf7b
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '20261107051925-failed-6.12-4c767c5dd9bc@kernel.org' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.12.y' 'HEAD^..'
Thanks,
Sasha
------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------
From 4c767c5dd9bc3521fed11e6fe1d52621fe5abf7b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Qi Xi <xiqi2@huawei.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2026 20:05:49 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] mm/page_isolation: guard compound_order() against racing
The PageCompound branch reads compound_head() without holding a reference.
A racing split or free can cause compound_head() to return a stale
pointer, and compound_nr() reads the order from that stale head, leading
to out-of-range shifts and making the skip distance meaningless.
Read the order explicitly with compound_order() and validate it is within
MAX_FOLIO_ORDER before shifting. Also verify the derived head_pfn against
the legitimate pfn: the head must not be past pfn, must be aligned to
nr_pages, and pfn must fall within the compound page. Bail out with
-EBUSY if any check fails.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260825120549.966271-3-xiqi2@huawei.com
Fixes: b2c9e2fbba32 ("mm: make alloc_contig_range work at pageblock granularity")
Signed-off-by: Qi Xi <xiqi2@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Suggested-by: Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>
Cc: Brendan Jackman <brendan.jackman@linux.dev>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
Cc: Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@huawei.com>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Cc: Nanyong Sun <sunnanyong@huawei.com>
Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
---
mm/page_isolation.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/page_isolation.c b/mm/page_isolation.c
index e4ee998c00f3b..5aaad037384e4 100644
--- a/mm/page_isolation.c
+++ b/mm/page_isolation.c
@@ -419,10 +419,28 @@ static int isolate_single_pageblock(unsigned long boundary_pfn,
if (PageCompound(page)) {
struct page *head = compound_head(page);
unsigned long head_pfn = page_to_pfn(head);
- unsigned long nr_pages = compound_nr(head);
+ unsigned int order = compound_order(head);
+ unsigned long nr_pages;
+
+ /* compound_order() is racy. Cap it at MAX_FOLIO_ORDER. */
+ if (order > MAX_FOLIO_ORDER)
+ goto failed;
+
+ nr_pages = 1UL << order;
+
+ /*
+ * compound_head() is also racy, so the derived head_pfn
+ * needs additional checks to make sure it is valid.
+ * Otherwise, just fail the check. pfn comes from
+ * __first_valid_page() as a legitimate PFN, so use it to
+ * check head_pfn.
+ */
+ if (head_pfn > pfn || !IS_ALIGNED(head_pfn, nr_pages) ||
+ pfn - head_pfn >= nr_pages)
+ goto failed;
if (head_pfn + nr_pages <= boundary_pfn ||
- PageHuge(page)) {
+ PageHuge(head)) {
pfn = head_pfn + nr_pages;
continue;
}
--
2.53.0
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2026-11-07 10:19 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] mm/page_isolation: guard compound_order() against racing" failed to apply to 6.12-stable tree Sasha Levin
@ 2026-11-10 11:51 ` Sasha Levin
2026-11-10 11:51 ` [PATCH 6.12.y 2/2] mm/page_isolation: guard compound_order() against racing Sasha Levin
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Sasha Levin @ 2026-11-10 11:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: stable
Cc: David Hildenbrand, Zi Yan, SeongJae Park, Wei Yang,
Lorenzo Stoakes, Liam R. Howlett, Andrew Morton, Sasha Levin
From: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
[ Upstream commit 0bf2edf041dcb0b304a8dbda8c699771d5a245d2 ]
Let's reject them early, which in turn makes folio_alloc_gigantic() reject
them properly.
To avoid converting from order to nr_pages, let's just add MAX_FOLIO_ORDER
and calculate MAX_FOLIO_NR_PAGES based on that.
While at it, let's just make the order a "const unsigned order".
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250901150359.867252-7-david@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>
Acked-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Stable-dep-of: 4c767c5dd9bc ("mm/page_isolation: guard compound_order() against racing")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
include/linux/mm.h | 6 ++++--
mm/page_alloc.c | 10 +++++++++-
2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 1728dc3356089..f05962963e28d 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -2058,11 +2058,13 @@ static inline long folio_nr_pages(const struct folio *folio)
/* Only hugetlbfs can allocate folios larger than MAX_ORDER */
#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_GIGANTIC_PAGE
-#define MAX_FOLIO_NR_PAGES (1UL << PUD_ORDER)
+#define MAX_FOLIO_ORDER PUD_ORDER
#else
-#define MAX_FOLIO_NR_PAGES MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES
+#define MAX_FOLIO_ORDER MAX_PAGE_ORDER
#endif
+#define MAX_FOLIO_NR_PAGES (1UL << MAX_FOLIO_ORDER)
+
/*
* compound_nr() returns the number of pages in this potentially compound
* page. compound_nr() can be called on a tail page, and is defined to
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 480579d7d59e4..887dd3f06a86b 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -6685,6 +6685,7 @@ static int __alloc_contig_verify_gfp_mask(gfp_t gfp_mask, gfp_t *gfp_cc_mask)
int alloc_contig_range_noprof(unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
unsigned migratetype, gfp_t gfp_mask)
{
+ const unsigned int order = ilog2(end - start);
unsigned long outer_start, outer_end;
int ret = 0;
@@ -6699,6 +6700,14 @@ int alloc_contig_range_noprof(unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
};
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cc.migratepages);
+ /*
+ * In contrast to the buddy, we allow for orders here that exceed
+ * MAX_PAGE_ORDER, so we must manually make sure that we are not
+ * exceeding the maximum folio order.
+ */
+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE((gfp_mask & __GFP_COMP) && order > MAX_FOLIO_ORDER))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
gfp_mask = current_gfp_context(gfp_mask);
if (__alloc_contig_verify_gfp_mask(gfp_mask, (gfp_t *)&cc.gfp_mask))
return -EINVAL;
@@ -6786,7 +6795,6 @@ int alloc_contig_range_noprof(unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
free_contig_range(end, outer_end - end);
} else if (start == outer_start && end == outer_end && is_power_of_2(end - start)) {
struct page *head = pfn_to_page(start);
- int order = ilog2(end - start);
check_new_pages(head, order);
prep_new_page(head, order, gfp_mask, 0);
--
2.53.0
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2026-11-10 11:51 ` [PATCH 6.12.y 1/2] mm/page_alloc: reject unreasonable folio/compound page sizes in alloc_contig_range_noprof() Sasha Levin
@ 2026-11-10 11:51 ` Sasha Levin
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Sasha Levin @ 2026-11-10 11:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: stable
Cc: Qi Xi, Andrew Morton, Zi Yan, Brendan Jackman, Johannes Weiner,
Kefeng Wang, Michal Hocko, Nanyong Sun, Suren Baghdasaryan,
Vlastimil Babka, Sasha Levin
From: Qi Xi <xiqi2@huawei.com>
[ Upstream commit 4c767c5dd9bc3521fed11e6fe1d52621fe5abf7b ]
The PageCompound branch reads compound_head() without holding a reference.
A racing split or free can cause compound_head() to return a stale
pointer, and compound_nr() reads the order from that stale head, leading
to out-of-range shifts and making the skip distance meaningless.
Read the order explicitly with compound_order() and validate it is within
MAX_FOLIO_ORDER before shifting. Also verify the derived head_pfn against
the legitimate pfn: the head must not be past pfn, must be aligned to
nr_pages, and pfn must fall within the compound page. Bail out with
-EBUSY if any check fails.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260825120549.966271-3-xiqi2@huawei.com
Fixes: b2c9e2fbba32 ("mm: make alloc_contig_range work at pageblock granularity")
Signed-off-by: Qi Xi <xiqi2@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Suggested-by: Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>
Cc: Brendan Jackman <brendan.jackman@linux.dev>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
Cc: Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@huawei.com>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Cc: Nanyong Sun <sunnanyong@huawei.com>
Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
mm/page_isolation.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/page_isolation.c b/mm/page_isolation.c
index 6989c5ffd4741..702db2e28a77c 100644
--- a/mm/page_isolation.c
+++ b/mm/page_isolation.c
@@ -401,10 +401,28 @@ static int isolate_single_pageblock(unsigned long boundary_pfn, int flags,
if (PageCompound(page)) {
struct page *head = compound_head(page);
unsigned long head_pfn = page_to_pfn(head);
- unsigned long nr_pages = compound_nr(head);
+ unsigned int order = compound_order(head);
+ unsigned long nr_pages;
+
+ /* compound_order() is racy. Cap it at MAX_FOLIO_ORDER. */
+ if (order > MAX_FOLIO_ORDER)
+ goto failed;
+
+ nr_pages = 1UL << order;
+
+ /*
+ * compound_head() is also racy, so the derived head_pfn
+ * needs additional checks to make sure it is valid.
+ * Otherwise, just fail the check. pfn comes from
+ * __first_valid_page() as a legitimate PFN, so use it to
+ * check head_pfn.
+ */
+ if (head_pfn > pfn || !IS_ALIGNED(head_pfn, nr_pages) ||
+ pfn - head_pfn >= nr_pages)
+ goto failed;
if (head_pfn + nr_pages <= boundary_pfn ||
- PageHuge(page)) {
+ PageHuge(head)) {
pfn = head_pfn + nr_pages;
continue;
}
--
2.53.0
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